Broom-holder



C. GUSTAFSON.

BROOM HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, I920.

Patented Aug. 10, 1920.

z Q g rare ' CHARLES GUSTAFSON, OF INSTANTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application filed May 28, 1920. Serial No. 384,996.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHArLns GUsrAnsoN, a subject of the King of Sweden,residing at Instanter, in the county of Elk and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom-Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in broom holders. The chiefobject is to provide a device of this class that is of very simpleconstruction, cheap to manufacture and that canbe engaged with ordisengaged from the broom handle instantly. l/Vhile the prime object isto provide a device for holding broom handles it will serve for holdingthe handles of mops, brushes, etc.,

quite as well. With the foregoing and other objects in view theinvention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to behereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claims andillustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a part of thisspecification and in which Figure 1 is a view of my improved broomholder in front elevation, illustrating its application. I

Fig. 2 is a plan View of Fig. 1 with the broom handle removed.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the device.

Like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

My holder is formed of a single piece of material, preferably metal,comprising the strips 1, 2 which lie parallel with each other, spacedapart throughout their length and connected by the bulged end portion 3.The free ends of the strips are formed with the alined perforations toreceive the screw 5 by means of which the device is to be secured to awall or other supporting surface. The strip 1 is formed with the lateralarms 6, 7 in alinement with each other and disposed at an oblique angleto said strip, said arms being bent in the direction of the strip 2 butextending considerably beyond that strip and terminating in theoppositely disposed pointed ends 8. The strip 2 is formed with thesingle tooth 9 in the common plane of the arms 6, 7 and bent outwardlyor toward said arm ends.

The ordinary broom handles are substantially of uniform diameter and Iprefer to make the distance between the points 8 substantially equal tothe broom handle diameter, the distance from a line connecting saidpoints to the strip 2 being substantially one half that diameter. It isto be understood that my holder will grasp and retain handles ofdifferent diameters. When the holder is suspended by the screw 5 thehandle 10 is manually inserted between the points 8 when it will beengaged also by the tooth 9 and so supported. The weight of the broomwill position the holder in substantially the position illustrated inFig. 1. Handles varying in size from the ordinary broom handle will beheld in practically the same manner. hen a broom handle is to beinserted in the holder the holder is manually raised upon the screw as apivot until the points 8 lie in a horizontal plane, the handle is theninserted between the points 8 which, when the holder is released, willautomatically grip the handle as the holder is moved by gravity upon itspivotal support 5, regardless of the size of the handle.

To remove the handle from the holder the latter is raised upon its pivotuntil the points 8 release the handle.

What is claimed is 2- 1. In a broom holder, strips spaced apart, armsintegral with one of said strips and curved in the direction of thesecond strip, said arms having pointed ends, and a tooth formed upon oneof said strips.

2. In a broom holder, connected parallel strips yieldinglyrspaced awayfrom each other, oppositely disposed arms formed integral with one ofsaid strips, said arms being curved in the direction of the second stripbut extending outwardly beyond the same and terminating inpoints, and atooth formed upon said second strip.

3. In a broom holder formed of a single piece of material, parallelstrips yieldingly spaced apart, arms formed upon opposite sides of oneof said strips at an oblique.

angle thereto, said arms being curved in the direction of the secondstrip but eX- tending outwardly beyond the same and ter-.

minating in alined pointed ends, and a tooth formed upon the secondstrip in the common plane of said arms.

4. In a broom holder formed of a single piece of material, parallelstrips yieldingly spaced apart, arms formed upon opposite sides of oneof said strips at an oblique angle thereto, said arms being curvedtoward the second strip but extending outwardly beyond the same andterminating in alined pointed ends, and a tooth formed laterally of thesecond strip in the common my oWn I have hereto aflixed my signatureplane of said arms, the distance between in the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

the pointed ends of said arms being snb- CHAS" GUSTAFSON stantiallytwice the dlstance between the said second strip and a line connectingsaid Vitnesses:

pointed arm ends. RALEIGH S. SWEET,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as WILLIAM N. SWEET.

